Chloe says she developed a 'trusting relationship' with her abductor - who she insists did not assault her

Chloe said she tried in vain to escape and feared for her life when she saw a second empty suitcase in the car boot, believing it would be used to dispose of her dead body.

Instead she was held until July 17, when Polish-born Herba, living in Oldbury, West Mids, gave her new trainers and drove her to the British consulate — only to find it closed.

Bizarrely the two went for breakfast before returning to the consulate.

Herba stipulated she must not make a criminal complaint and must promote Black Death in interviews. If not, he said, they would find her and kill her.

Chloe said: “Even now I fear for my life.”

Today her lawyer Francesco Pesce told Radio 4's Today programme: "She was told that she was going to be sold to somebody in the Middle East for sex.

"She was told that people were there watching her and ready to kill her if she tried anything."

Referring to her shopping trips with Herba he added: "So she thought that the best idea was to go along with it and to be nice in a way to her captor because he told her that he wanted to release her somehow and sometime and she thought that the best thing to do was not to go in conflict with him.

"So she abided to his request, 'let's go and buy groceries' and 'you need shoes, let's go buy shoes' and she didn't try to flee."